ost programmers have used the Application object to store system-wide values. While this is a convenient storage facility, it does have a few disadvantages: There is no IntelliSense when retrieving
ver the years the topic of a simpler language entered the discussions of the Microsoft Visual C++ development team. While C++ gives programmers a tremendous amount of power and control,
hen I originally sat down to write this editorial, I thought I was going to discuss interfaces and how developers could do a much better job creating them. Then I
ear Doc Detective, I’m new to .NET and I’m having difficulty understanding how to connect to an Access database. All of the walkthroughs and examples seem to use SQL Server,
Reading from the object variable is always slower than reading from the local variable. So, if you are reading from the object variable frequently, then save it in a local
atabases are complicated because they have so many interdependent elements. The components’ interdependence is most evident when trying to improve server performance. When things slow down and performance seems to
ow would you create an application that enables a user to retrieve sensitive data from a database and secure it, preventing other users from tampering with it? The application would
he TreeView control is one of the most flexible Windows controls. It displays hierarchical data and lets users navigate through the hierarchy by expanding and collapsing nodes at will. I
or the past two years, the hype surrounding the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) has barely waned, although its opponents have gradually risen in number. While some critics are simply